GitHub Actions Workflow Generator (Free)

Pick your stack and copy a complete, caching-enabled workflow. No more starting from a blank YAML file.

A good CI workflow includes checkout, the right language setup, dependency caching, and your test command. This generator assembles all of that for your stack - and lets you target Latchkey managed runners with one dropdown.

Language / stack

Test command

Runner

Add a Docker build step (with layer caching)

Run it on Latchkey Browse full templates →

What it generates

Checkout + the correct setup-* action for your language.
Built-in dependency caching (npm/pip/Go modules/Cargo/Maven).
Your test command, plus an optional Docker build with layer caching.
A runs-on: you can point at GitHub-hosted or Latchkey managed runners.

Run it cheaper and self-healing

Select a latchkey-* runner to run the same workflow at roughly 69% lower per-minute cost, with transient failures retried automatically.

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